NYT Crossword October 30 2025 Answers (10/30/25)

Our NYT Crossword October 30, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword October 30, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 10/30/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Place for a pencil sharpener
5A	Argentine plain
10A	Prayer leader
14A	Droves
15A	Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world"
16A	Come to
17A	Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth
18A	What pulls out all the stops?
19A	Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers"
20A	Start illegally, say
22A	What every baseball inning starts with
24A	"Kind of" suffix
25A	Shore up the ranks
27A	Little pest
28A	Animal with a white rump
30A	Highlands hat
31A	Epitome of simplicity
33A	Binge
35A	"I'll ___ you!"
36A	Pop-pop
39A	Country sharing the world's longest international border
41A	Showed great pride, in a way
42A	Desirable Vegas couple?
43A	Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people
47A	___ Blaster (toy)
48A	Inconsequential
49A	Journeys by foot
50A	Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?
51A	Exemplar
53A	Having a strong sense of direction?
57A	Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief
58A	Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins
63A	Like a revving engine
64A	Skater Midori
65A	Words after "ding, ding, ding"
66A	With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)
68A	See 66-Across
70A	Bronzed
71A	Not just yet
72A	Abjures
73A	Target of urban renewal, say
1D	Soup stock in Japanese cuisine
2D	*The ones over there
3D	Washington, Jefferson or Madison
4D	Already heard, say
5D	*One selling commercial time, informally
6D	Takes in
7D	The Marlins, on scoreboards
8D	Lewis Carroll or George Orwell
9D	*It's used to scrub in the tub
10D	Jubilant postgame report
11D	Show up unannounced?
12D	*Some Scandinavian money
13D	Indicated
21D	Irritated
23D	Old enough
26D	Symbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius
29D	*Stand before a meeting
32D	*Genre for Aretha Franklin or Usher
33D	One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised"
34D	Rate
37D	Chicago exchange, for short
38D	Certain attachments
40D	Flour used in Indian flatbreads
41D	Kiss in a telenovela
44D	Calls to court
45D	*Your home
46D	Voice command to an Android device
51D	Fool's gold
52D	Write, as music
53D	Symbol of authority
54D	Small dessert sandwiches
55D	Left of center?
56D	Get ready to have one's tonsils checked, perhaps
59D	Wanders
60D	World capital on the world's longest river
61D	Family name with an eponymous Row, Court, Place and Avenue in New York City
62D	Composer Jule
67D	Slangy refusal
69D	Fish also known as a batomorph

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.